Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

Ender's Girl wrote:I just think that any efforts to plug an Asian lead actor (or a predominantly Asian cast) into what is essentially a Hollywood production (with a Hollywood writer and director) will only come across as half-baked and a little desperate (uh, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, anyone?). :rolleyes:

I agree.

Memoirs... Eek. :bleh:

To have no Japanese actresses in that film is almost as insulting as Mickey Rooney playing a (very stereotyped) Japanese man in Breakfast at Tiffany's. :shakehead:

BMW

Or Takenaka Naoto doing that stereotyped turn as Stresemann in Nodame Cantabile.

But you know... there were some Japanese actresses in Memoires. Just not the leads.

Geezer wrote:BMW

Yeah, sorta like seeing Takenaka Naoto doing that stereotyped turn as Stresemann in Nodame Cantabile.

LOL, yeah.

He took that role and ran with it... Quite over the top.

But you know... there were some Japanese actresses in Memoires. Just not the leads.

Yup... That's what I meant.

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, I'd wait for the reviews or word-of-mouth before throwing away $10 at the theater. :sweat:

If anything i'll wait to it comes out on DVD.

Stevie wrote:If anything i'll wait to it comes out on DVD.

Yup... That's only a rental for a buck or two. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup... That's only a rental for a buck or two. :victory:

I'll do that.


Anyone going to see the Avatar Movie??

watched BLOOD last week, was really disappointed by it. I know it's a low-budget movie, and i guess, becoz of that, it kinda sucks. and action scenes were really bleh, and the blood...T_T :usuck: Sigh...what a letdown.

Talking bout Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince, this is yet another movie that really let me down. There was no climax! No doubt there were funny scenes when they explore the romance department, but from this HP6, it seems like Harry's friends, hermione and especially Ron were there just for laughs/ humor. And Harry's fight has nothing to do with them at all. Dumbledore's death came so suddenly too that I couldn't bring myself to feel sad for him. This is by far the worst HP movie for me and I think I've just wasted my $$ and time going to cinema for it.

Oh and it annoys me whenever Hollywood decided to adapt a Japanese movie into and English-spoken one, and worst of all, using NON- Japanese actors/actresses to play a role of a Japanese (Memoirs of Geisha etc...) Setting is in Japan, and yet they speak English, it's just really annoying. And their spoken English isn't perfect either. I guess...there's no Japanese actor/actress good enough that they can use to attract attention, huh?

^ Hmm, seems like a consensus that Blood isn't a very good movie...

Thundercats Movie coming out this year!

Stevie wrote:Thundercats Movie coming out this year!

Not sure if that's a good thing or not. :beaten:

i hope its a good movie

Stevie wrote:i hope its a good movie

Maybe another DVD rental? :beaten: :victory:

LOL that may be a good idea

I going to see this movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htP5rRwM1hM

^ Hmm, a Bruce Willis movie... :rolleyes:

Ender's Girl wrote:
I just think that any efforts to plug an Asian lead actor (or a predominantly Asian cast) into what is essentially a Hollywood production (with a Hollywood writer and director) will only come across as half-baked and a little desperate (uh, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, anyone?). :rolleyes:

Okaaaay, I obviously was NOT thinking of LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA when I posted this. :ashamed: (What can I say--generalizations are a b*tch, heh heh.) My apologies to Messrs. Eastwood and Spielberg for the oversight. :bow: Maybe it's because it didn't feel like Hollywood, at all. But then films like these are really more of the exception than the rule, so... :victory: Just did a re-watch last night, and it was difficult not to tear up every 5 minutes. :pout: The Japanese cast, the bleakness of the landscape, and the spareness in the storytelling and direction--altogether made IWO JIMA feel more like an Asian film (the best of Asian film, at least) than anything spawned by Hollywood. Ken Watanabe = brilliant, as usual! Three years after my first watching, this time I tried to play Spot-the-J-Actor!, hehe. And wow, I did NOT know that some Arashi dude played the young solja boy, Saigo. Blew my socks off, that one. His performance was acting at its... purest. :applaud: How did Clint KNOW he had cast a winner? I just can't imagine him idly browsing the webs, all squinty-eyed, wading through an endless parade of J-Pop concert clips and fan-made vids on Youtube before pointing a bony claw at an Arashi music video and rasping, "I want HIM. With the wimpy face and bad posture. Get him on the next flight stateside." :hehe:

Anyway, just wanted to make a public retraction (or semi-retraction), so there. :sweat:

Ender's Girl wrote:How did Clint KNOW he had cast a winner? I just can't imagine him idly browsing the webs, all squinty-eyed, wading through an endless parade of J-Pop concert clips and fan-made vids on Youtube before pointing a bony claw at an Arashi music video and rasping, "I want HIM. With the wimpy face and bad posture. Get him on the next flight stateside." :hehe:

If you check out the extras on the Letters From Iwo Jima DVD, you'll discover that's exactly what he did.









:rolleyes:

Underworld 4 coming 2011,I like 1,2 and 3! so am happy there making a 4th one

Last week I saw Julie and Julia!
I give it a 9 out of a 10! The movie is very charming! Julia Child was one funny lady and of course meryl streep does another fantastic acting job! (Shes by far one of our best actresses of today!) Also Amy Adams does a wonderful job as Julie Powell! I really love the scenery of France in the late 40s and early 50s. I also like how the story flows easily going between julie and julia! I think it's a terrifc movie for people who are trying to find themselfs~

One thing is and don't quote me on this as i'm not sure but julie powell's story takes place in 2002 however behinde her on the computer I think word 2007 was up! xD

^ Yeah, from the stills and trailer, Meryl Streep channeling Julia Child was so spot-on, it was freaky. :sweat: Well, if that ain't great acting I don't know what is. :bow:

bmwracer wrote:
If you check out the extras on the Letters From Iwo Jima DVD, you'll discover that's exactly what he did.







:rolleyes:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: For a nanosecond there I actually believed you... :sweat:

Hmmm... Dirty Harry as an Arashi fan? (Hey--if Tom Cruise can produce viable spawn after a lifetime of (putative) sterility, I s'pose anything's possible, ne? :hehe: )

Stevie wrote:Underworld 4 coming 2011,I like 1,2 and 3! so am happy there making a 4th one

UNDERWORLD 4, huh. Wasn't even aware there was a "3." :sweat: